Circuit city install in a civic

[Toofastgs]

Fist off the pic above is the wrong way to "twist" the wire :-p
( thats a lot of soder on that )

2nd.
Ciruit sells wiring harness kits which is PLUG and PLAY for factory harnesses and the other end to the radio( called smart harness). In 98% of the time there is no need to splice into the harness. IF the kit is not available they can order it or with customer ok they will splice into the harness but they charge to do it.

I want to open thta harness up and see how the wires were done. If they were sodered right and wrapped with tape there is no issue.

Fire hazard. LOL. Take your car to a dealership they will do the same thing if there is a problem with the wiring, that or they will use BUTT CONNECTORS.

3rd. Having to "make room" for a radio. happens on a lot of cars.
Grand prixs, regals, monte, impalas. you have to break off the plastic part in the back. There are very few radios out that are short enough to clear it.

I used to supervise the roadshop at circuit. Yes there were some bad installs. But the only way that would be a fire hazard if they did not soder and over time the wire worked lose, came out of the electrical tape and found its way to a ground. ( He used stock radio harness so it is fused) so this is very very unlikely. If it did i would be back at honda because the fuse panel did not do its job.

[GeddyLee]

Fist off the pic above is the wrong way to "twist" the wire :-p
( thats a lot of soder on that )

Well i was never educated in the "twist" of wiring, its just what I had done throughout my years of messing with wiring If you want to instruct me on how to do it in the future? Please PM me and I will be more than willing to listen and learn

As for the soder, yes its a bit more than I would have liked, but I wanted to make sure all the exposed wiring was covered. A little over anal that way I suppose, plus my soder gun is only those $5 cheapies and doesnt allow for percision sodering But it serves the purpose and when covered in electrical tape, no one will see it tucked in behind the HU

But I am serious about the instruction thing though I look forward to your PM.

Thanks

[Sabrewings]

3rd. Having to "make room" for a radio. happens on a lot of cars.
Grand prixs, regals, monte, impalas. you have to break off the plastic part in the back. There are very few radios out that are short enough to clear it.

Not sure what piece you're talking about, but Montes and Impalas don't have to have anything broken off. I've installed plenty into both cars (including my own) and it could return to stock in ten minutes.

[GR8racingfool]

I never trust those places, unless you know the installer really good, and request them if you cannot do it yourself. The installers in these places are fly by night, and have the attitude "this ain't my car, and they will never see the installment".

My sisters 91 Cavalier went in to have a CD player installed. (I dont remember if it was Best Buy or CC) They ended up jacking the wiring up so bad that we had to replace the whole dash wiring harness cause not only did they make poor connections, they routed some unprotected wires bad, which rubbed on a few key ignition components, and shorted them out, leaving her stranded. My dad was not a happy camper, nor was I cause I had to help fix everything they screwed up.

Just makes me sick that business do this kind of work.

But for that video posted...Honda wont release it? Huh?

Only way you will ever know if your getting a quality job is to either watch them like a hawk while they work, or do it yourself.

Trust me...its better to do the job right the first time, then have to trouble shoot later to figure out whats wrong. Again...trust me on that one. Fixed a few mistakes in my own car GM made on how they did some of their wiring. Sooooo not fun.

~F~